Beyond the Pale

The reader is my notebook

My space to examine life through fiction, non-fiction, and the occasional photograph.

For the believers, the doubters, the halfway in or outers.

Reflections on faith, fatherhood, food, and a lifetime of writing. Hand-crafted in Portland, Oregon.

"If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it." John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

A monthly letter for not-that-kind of Christians